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Duke Nukem Forever 2001

I finally played Duke Nukem Forever's unfinished 2001 build, and while it probably would have been better than Gearbox's fiasco, it still wouldn't hold up today

By Rick Lane published

Kick ass and chew burrito The vending machines are excellent though.

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Kick ass and chew burrito
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I embarked on a mission to answer the most important question in PC gaming: How tall is Garrett from Thief?

By Rick Lane published

Tall boy Pinned size at last.

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Tall boy
Screenshot of Daggerfall Unity

The Elder Scrolls' weird relationship with expansions began a full decade before the horse armour DLC, in the form of a 16-quest addon to Daggerfall exclusive to one US retailer

By Rick Lane published

Secrets of the ancients Investigating the history of the Daggerfall CompUSA special edition.

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Secrets of the ancients
Fallen London

I've swapped modern live service games for a browser game that's been running since 2009

By Jeremy Peel published

Fall in I’ve found my new favourite book, only it’s interactive and I choose where it goes, if the constables will let me.

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Fall in
Gunman Chronicles

What happened to the creator of Gunman Chronicles, Valve's forgotten FPS? 'My relationship with Gabe didn't really go that great'

By Rick Lane published

Digital fossils Tracing the history of an ancient Valve artefact.

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Digital fossils
Do No Harm

I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm

By Rick Lane published

Hippocratic oaf Doctor Eadful is in the house.

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Hippocratic oaf

I didn't even know what roleplaying was until I experienced this bizarre '90s B-game where you slowly turn into a bug

By Rick Lane published

Insect propellant Bitten by the bug.

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Insect propellant

One of the worst games of all time got a Steam release, but is it even that bad compared to our current hell of asset-flips and Steam shovelware?

By Joshua Wolens published

No more winning Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a dark vision of future past.

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No more winning
GTA would have been considered a roguelike

If the original Grand Theft Auto came out today, we’d call it a roguelike

By Jeremy Peel published

Thief of time Since the very beginning, permanent loss has been baked into the GTA experience.

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Thief of time
Half-Life Extended mod

This Half-Life mod remakes Valve's classic shooter to be both longer and wider, and it has radically altered my perception of the original

By Rick Lane published

Unforeseen consequences Half-Life: Extended is a surprisingly effective reinterpretation of Black Mesa.

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Unforeseen consequences
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